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caligirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:11 PM
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77. U.S. Forces Wound Freed Italian Hostage in Iraq
U.S. Forces Wound Freed Italian Hostage in Iraq
Fri Mar 4, 2005 05:34 PM ET

By Andrew Marshall

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was freed by her captors on Friday but U.S. forces in Iraq mistakenly opened fire on the convoy taking her to safety, wounding her and killing an Italian secret service agent.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, one of President Bush's staunchest supporters in Iraq, immediately summoned the American ambassador, demanding explanations and declaring someone had to take responsibility.

U.S. forces at a checkpoint shot dead the agent and wounded Sgrena in the shoulder while she was being driven to Baghdad airport after being freed and handed over to three Italian secret service officers, Berlusconi told a news conference.

"We were turned to stone when the officials told us about it on the telephone," Berlusconi said.

"The agent, Nicola Calipari covered Sgrena with his body, he was hit by a bullet which unfortunately was fatal," he said. All three other passengers were wounded. Sgrena was treated for a shrapnel wound in her shoulder at a U.S. military hospital.

The 57-year-old Sgrena was kidnapped on Feb. 4. Insurgents later released a video of



http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3XTTT2XIFTSSKCRBAEZSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7814230
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